andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat are your favorite old-timey and historical insults and incredulous expressions?message-square35fedilinkarrow-up171
arrow-up171message-squareWhat are your favorite old-timey and historical insults and incredulous expressions?andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days ago“Oh rabbits” sounds like something Wallace and Gromit would say.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoReminds me of Butters from South Park, he says “Oh hamburgers!”
minus-squareJonnyprophet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day ago“Oh, Rabbits!” is actually an Australian curse much like Americans say, Oh, Rats. It comes from the Great Rabbit plague. Never heard of it? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_plagues_in_Australia
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI’ve heard of the rabbit plague but never would’ve made that connection. Always found it akin to the perfect example of Murphy’s Law that humans are the one invasive species that doesn’t thrive well there.
“Oh rabbits” sounds like something Wallace and Gromit would say.
Reminds me of Butters from South Park, he says “Oh hamburgers!”
“Oh, Rabbits!” is actually an Australian curse much like Americans say, Oh, Rats. It comes from the Great Rabbit plague. Never heard of it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_plagues_in_Australia
I’ve heard of the rabbit plague but never would’ve made that connection.
Always found it akin to the perfect example of Murphy’s Law that humans are the one invasive species that doesn’t thrive well there.